May 12, 2025
(Associated Press) – Pope Leo XIV laid out the vision of his papacy Saturday, identifying artificial intelligence as one of the most critical matters facing humanity and vowing to continue with some of the core priorities of Pope Francis. But … Read More
May 8, 2025
(Associated Press) – Pope Francis brought Robert Prevost to the Vatican in 2023 as the powerful head of the office that vets bishop nominations, one of the most important jobs in the Catholic Church. On Thursday, he ascended to become … Read More
May 7, 2025
(New York Times) – Philip Sunshine, a Stanford University physician who played an important role in establishing neonatology as a medical specialty, revolutionizing the care of premature and critically ill newborns who previously had little chance of survival, died on … Read More
April 29, 2025
(Techradar) – Two years ago, in an interview with The New York Times, Dr Hinton warned, “It is hard to see how you can prevent the bad actors from using it for bad things.” Now, in a fresh sit-down, this time with CBS … Read More
April 23, 2025
(Wired) – Margaret Mitchell, an AI ethics researcher at Hugging Face, tells WIRED about a new dataset designed to test AI models for bias in multiple languages. Margaret Mitchell is a pioneer when it comes to testing generative AI tools … Read More
April 21, 2025
(Associated Press) – Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism and climate change, died Monday. He was 88. The Vatican … Read More
April 21, 2025
(Futurism) – Artificial intelligence keeps getting smarter — and soon, warns former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, it won’t take orders from us anymore. During a talk at a recent summit co-hosted by Schmidt’s think tank, the Special Competitive Studies Project, … Read More
April 15, 2025
(The Atlantic) – Phones and screens play an important role in the show. At home, Jaime, the 13-year-old accused killer, has a computer in his room, which his middle-class father was proud to be able to give him. At school, … Read More
April 15, 2025
(Wired) – The structural biologist, who has devoted his life to studying the processes behind aging, discusses the surprising things he has learned and the public misunderstandings about longevity. In addition to being a leading researcher, Ramakrishnan is also a … Read More
April 7, 2025
(The Independent) – A quote from James after the publication of his caffeine study neatly underlines how Oster’s attitude diverges from the attitude of the medical establishment: “Certainly, there is no evidence to suggest that caffeine benefits either mother or … Read More
April 3, 2025
(New York Times) – She used her wealth strategically to expand opportunities for women, underwriting the development of the pill and supporting the suffrage movement. Katharine Dexter McCormick, who was born to a life of wealth, which she compounded through … Read More
April 1, 2025
(Wired) – The academic and author discusses what to expect from the singularity, the need for AI self-correcting mechanisms, and what hope there is for superintelligence safeguarding democracy. Israeli historian and philosopher Yuval Noah Harari’s book Sapiens became an international … Read More
March 27, 2025
(NBC Bay Area) – Over the next decade, advances in artificial intelligence will mean that humans will no longer be needed “for most things” in the world, says Bill Gates. That’s what the Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist told comedian … Read More
March 3, 2025
(NBC News) – An Australian man credited with saving more than 2 million babies through decades of regular blood and plasma donations has died at age 88. James Harrison, whose blood contained a rare antibody, died in his sleep Feb. … Read More
March 3, 2025
(Axios) – Former National Institutes of Health director Francis Collins unexpectedly retired on Friday, writing in a statement that employees of the government’s biomedical research institution “deserve the utmost respect and support of all Americans.” Why it matters: The noted … Read More
February 28, 2025
(New York Times) – She fled Nazi Germany in 1939 with her husband and baby only to be forced into a Jewish ghetto in Shanghai. Still, she would often say, “Aren’t we lucky?” Ms. Girone was believed to be the … Read More
February 24, 2025
(New York Times) – Luigi Mangione faced a hearing on Friday as supporters planned a rally outside a Manhattan courthouse. Some Americans have found a hero in the man accused of vigilante murder. Supporters, some of whom have championed his … Read More
February 19, 2025
(Associated Press) – Vatican officials have said Pope Francis has developed pneumonia in both lungs, further complicating his recovery. The 88-year-old pontiff was hospitalized Friday after a weeklong bout of bronchitis worsened. On Monday, doctors said he had developed a mix … Read More
February 4, 2025
(BBC) – Auschwitz was established in 1940 when Nazi Germany opened a new camp complex in Oświęcim in southern Poland to hold prisoners. What began as a political prison of Polish nationals evolved into a death factory of Europe’s Jews, … Read More
February 3, 2025
(MedPage Today) – Basketball Hall of Famer Dwyane Wade talked for the first time yesterday about his surgery for kidney cancer in December 2023. During an episode of “The WY Network” podcast, Wade revealed that he underwent a partial nephrectomy, … Read More
January 30, 2025
(New York Times) – She transformed nursing by making it an area of clinical practice and research and recasting nurses as colleagues of doctors, not assistants. Loretta Ford, who co-founded the first academic program for nurse practitioners in 1965, then … Read More
January 28, 2025
(Barron’s) – The Vatican published a new text on artificial intelligence (AI) Tuesday, warning the tool could destroy the trust on which societies are built, while humans become “cogs in a machine”. Pope Francis, regularly a victim of fake news … Read More
January 20, 2025
(NPR) – Cecile Richards, a prominent advocate for women’s rights and other progressive causes, died Monday. In a statement, her family confirmed her death, saying she passed away at home, “surrounded by family and her ever-loyal dog, Ollie.” (Read More)
January 15, 2025
(NPR) – The Princess of Wales revealed Tuesday that her cancer is in remission after an emotional visit to the hospital where she received treatment last year. In a statement on social media, the princess offered her heartfelt thanks to … Read More
December 30, 2024
(New York Times) – In his decades as a former president, he and his wife, Rosalynn Carter, helped bring lifesaving treatments and sanitation to poor people around the world. Jimmy Carter’s five decades of leadership in global health brought a … Read More
